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Hanover Square 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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TO THE
Vestrnof St. George, hanober Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,

Table: Thus let us take the first quarters of the years—

Thus let us take the first quarters of the years—

Total deaths, in whole Parish.Hanover and Mayfair.Mount Street Workhouse.Belgrave.Zymotic.Lung and Phthisis.Under 5.Over 60.
1857 .4361371420674151142115
1858 .52816321254110195181106
1859 .4571162323585140171100
1860 .5471401428880199202118
1861 .5401333127374201160146
1862 .60912925358116183239123
1863 .55314023298136140220110
1864 .6041693830075214167178
1865 .6071873129797189195154
1866 .5501152630785176182135

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We see that we have, in the gross, not lost so many lives
as last year by 57, and that the saving depends on the marvellous
healthiness of the Hanover and Mayfair Sub-Districts,
and especially their exemption from epidemic disease. The
number 550 includes 70 deaths of strangers in St. George's